Background
He was born in Sydney to sawyer Aaron Wheeler and Elizabeth Hawkins.
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John Wheeler
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He began work in 1870 for a coal company in Newcastle, eventually becoming a general manager. He served as an alderman at Petersham, and was mayor from 1886 to 1890. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Canterbury.
In 1891 his five-vote victory over James Eve was overturned on appeal, and Eve was seated in his place.
Wheeler did not return to politics, and died at Strathfield in 1915.
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Born
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April 18, 1915 (aged 61) -
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Australian